Saturday Night Live plays a pair of Jacks

What’s Happening

Here’s the thing: Bravura performances from Jacks Black and White bring up the energy on Saturday Night Live, just as they both have in the past.

B- Saturday Night Live plays a pair of Jacks Finally, a Black and White SNL episode! Jesse Hassenger — By Jesse Hassenger | | 2:51am Photo: NBC TV Reviews Saturday Night Live Copy to clipboard × Copy Link Copy Link — Facebook X Reddit Bluesky Email — 0 This week’s Saturday Night Live , the second Jack Black-hosted episode in as many seasons and his fifth official episode overall, featured a sketch that more or less encapsulates Black’s whole SNL deal, especially in these 2020s appearances. (we’re not making this up)

In his younger/hungrier days, Black rampaged through the studio with something to prove, evidently gleeful about getting to host the show and bring his brand of music-comedy bravado to a mainstream audience.

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(Obviously he wasn’t an obscurity during his 2002 and 2003 episodes, but the second one was literally the day after School of Rock opened, meaning all of his biggest hits were still ahead of him. ) These last two years, his vibe on the show is more of a veteran cutting loose for grown-ups during several weeks of kid-movie promo.

After all, it’s been nearly a decade since the man has made a movie you couldn’t comfortably show to a 10-year-old. I wouldn’t say that career shift has dulled his comic edge, because he still seems up for whatever, up to and including slathering young people with Jergens in an attempt to seducing them into some fumbling form of partying.

Why This Matters

(Meta-commentary on his cheerful attempts to stay relevant with the youngs? Probably not, but you could read it that way! ) also, his trademark zeal has also long had a childlike side to it.

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The Bottom Line

) also, his trademark zeal has also long had a childlike side to it. This makes him the immaculate host to appear in a sketch cutting back and forth between a group of female friends in a kitchen and the husbands who are somewhat improbably hanging out together for the first time the adjoining living room.

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